people don't speak in dialogue
5th July 2016 | for Creatives | characters, writing, Aaron Sorkin |
"The properties of people and the properties of character have almost nothing to do with each other. They really don't. I know it seems like they do, because we look alike, but people don't speak in dialogue. Their lives don't unfold in a series of scenes that form a narrative arc. The rules of drama are very much separate from the properties of life. I think that's especially true of Shakespeare."
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